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Tapak-Tapak Waktu: Kebudayaan, Sejarah dan Kehidupan Sosial di Sulawesi Selatan

Tapak-Tapak Waktu: Kebudayaan, Sejarah dan Kehidupan Sosial di Sulawesi Selatan

Living Through Histories: Culture, History And Social Life In South Sulawesi
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Buku ini meluruskan pandangan mengenai manusia-manusia Bugis yang sering dipresentasikan sebagai masyarakat pengelana laut yang kuat, yang dulu terlibat dalam perdagangan budak dan perompakan. Tetapi jika menilik lebih dalam sejarah mereka, ternyata hanya sedikit dari mereka yang terlibat dalam aktivitas maritim dan hampir tidak ada yang jadi perompak.Justru Christian Pelras menyebut, masyarakat Bugis yang dikenal dengan penganut agama Islam yang taat, serta pedagang sukses yang paling siap menghadapi perubahan yang cepat. Ini dimungkinkan dengan keberadaan beberapa ciri dalam tradisi mereka yang biasanya dianggap sebagai bentuk spesifik modernitas. Ciri itu antara lain: (1) melek huruf, orang Bugis selalu memperlihatkan kecintaan mereka pada tradisi, yang tidak saja dipelihara lewat tradisi lisan, tapi juga tercatat, mungkin sejak abad ke-14, dalam berjilid-jilid naskah tulisan tangan (lontara), yang disimpan banyak keluarga di hampir seluruh desa-desa orang Bugis di Sulawesi Selatan; (2) ekonomi berorientasi pertukaran, mungkin sejak nenek moyang mereka di abad-abad awal milenium pertama. Kita bisa berspekulasi kalau kemakmuran hasil perdagangan inilah yang melahirkan peradaban awal Bugis; (3) individualisme, mobilitas sosial dimungkinkan seseorang, dalam kondisi tertentu, disamakan dengan orang dari lapisan yang lebih tinggi, misalnya melalui prestasi individual sebagai orang berani (to-warani), orang kaya (to-sugi), orang pintar atau bijaksana (to-acca), orang yang religius (to-panrita).

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Format Digital E-Book (469 pages)
Language Ind
Published December, 1998
Publisher Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) & ININNAWA
ISBN 7999518
Kathryn May Robinson
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Kathryn May Robinson is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Kathryn May Robinson can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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